Heartland Poker Tour News

Pinnacle, GLPI agree on $4.75 billion merger
22 Jul 2015

After two rejected offers, Pinnacle has accepted an offer from GLPI rather than form its own spinoff REIT.

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GLPI reaches agreement with Pinnacle to acquire real estate assets
21 Jul 2015

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc., will acquire nearly all of Pinnacle's real estate properties, and the properties will be spun off into separate property and operating companies.

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HPT final tables move from six to nine
31 Dec 2012

The Heartland Poker Tour will be going to nine-handed televised final table play starting this season. For the HPT's first eight seasons, the televised final tables had six players.

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Chad Lawson featured on national cable, satellite poker telecast
12 Dec 2012

Chad Lawson, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, will be featured on the set of Heartland Poker Tour’s nationally syndicated TV show during the weeks of December 20 and December 27.

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Former WSOP champion Greg Raymer dominates Heartland Poker Tour in 2012
26 Nov 2012

Raymer captured three events on the tour in July, September and October. He followed up that run by capturing the Heartland Poker Tour’s Championship Open last week, taking home the year-end title and $106,030.

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Former WSOP champion Greg Raymer wins Heartland Poker Tour's 200th event
31 Jul 2012

The first-place prize of $71,875 was much smaller than the $5 million Raymer collected in 2004 when he won the World Series of Poker’s Main Event at Binion’s Horseshoe.

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HPT to set sail for televised event
29 Mar 2012

The Heartland Poker Tour is launching its ninth season next year with one-week cruise vacation that includes a $1,100 Main Event aboard the ship.

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Epic Poker League parent company files for Chapter 11
1 Mar 2012

Federated Sports + Gaming, a company started by former World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack, filed the bankruptcy in Maryland late Tuesday.

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Heartland Poker Tour continues to flourish
5 Dec 2011

The Heartland Poker Tour started out in 2005 as a series of poker events in the Midwest. Seven seasons later it has exploded into a full-fledged national poker tour, complete with televised coverage and prize pools that can top $1 million.

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